Olaf Weber is a University Research Chair in Sustainable Finance and professor at the School for Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED), Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo. His research interests focus on the connection between financial sector players, such as banks and sustainable development, and the link between sustainability and financial performance of enterprises. The research addresses both, risks and opportunities for banks connected with environmental and societal issues. Current research questions he is working on are current and potential impacts of banks on sustainable development and activities that banks may pursue to influence sustainable development in a positive way, the role of voluntary codes of conducts and financial sector regulations on the sustainability performance of banks, how banks are affected by climate change risks, and how social banks and impact investors contribute to sustainable development.